New York City MTA

NEW YORK — Metro-North Railroad has settled the last of its labor negotiations, and now has contracts in place that will continue through 2017. The agreements with more than a dozen unions ensure the railroad won't face the sort of strike threat that dogged its sister operation, Long Island Rail Road, through part of last year. The railroad in the past year has reached contracts with more than a dozen unions, including ACRE, the umbrella bargaining unit for engineers, conductors, yardmasters and signal maintainers. Teamsters Local 808 was the final union to reach a settlement; the railroad signed a deal June 24 that covers its roughly 650 track workers. Metro-North, a key...

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